Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 1023

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Relating to: admission to University of Wisconsin System institutions.

University of wisconsin — Entrance requirement

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Senate, not reached
Passes Assembly, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law requires the University of Wisconsin System to establish a guaranteed admission program. Under this program, Wisconsin high school students who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class, or in the top 5 percent for UW–Madison, are generally eligible for guaranteed admission. A student’s class rank is based solely on the student’s grade point average.

This bill requires undergraduate admission decisions at UW System institutions to be predominantly based on college entrance examination performance or similar objective testing measures, except with respect to applicants admitted through the guaranteed admission program.

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Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 9, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 3, Noes 2